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Posted by SVIN on Wed Jan 19th at 8:21pm 2005

how to make lights that turn of shoot them? i mean like street lamps that brakes (i dont want so if u shoot again the light comes again) [addsig]



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Posted by dabait on Wed Jan 19th at 9:01pm 2005

In the old HalfLife, I'd create a func_breakable which targeted a light entity. The breakable can be anything you want... or nothing: an invisible brush that you put near your light 'fixture'. Here's a diagram (looks better on a white background) that shows a setup that includes the glowing sprite near the 'bulb' -- it could be simplied to just include the func_breakable and light entities if you wanted:


Now, in HL2... there might be some changes, but it seems like this should still work -- see the next post... good info there.




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Posted by Neural Scan on Wed Jan 19th at 9:06pm 2005

It's the same process as hl1 (you need a func_breakable and a light), but instead of targetting other entities you use the Input/Output system. My guess is you create and input on the breakable (something like On Break, there'll be a list of stuff) which targets the light. The output is then chosen (Turn Off will probably be listed).

I haven't looked much at it, but the Input/Output system is actually very simple, it only took me a minute to see how it worked. There's always tutorials though (I think there's one right here on Snarkpit).

Have fun.





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Posted by dabait on Wed Jan 19th at 9:08pm 2005

Quite right! The 'input' and 'output' aspects of the HL2 entity system had slipped my mind! Big improvement!





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Posted by Dred_furst on Wed Jan 19th at 9:16pm 2005

Indeed, also looks cooler with a swinging light,
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Posted by Nasher on Wed Jan 19th at 9:34pm 2005

Try an invisible func_button with "damage activates" ticked over the light you want to shoot, then just add the light into the output etc.



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Posted by Leperous on Wed Jan 19th at 11:01pm 2005

Why bother with an env_render, just Kill the sprite!




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